Subject: Geoscience

Whose Fault Is It Anyway?part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples This game has students simulate the propagation of P and S waves after an earthquake and to use the lag between these to determine where in the simulation the earthquake occurred. -

GPS Treasure Huntpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples Students are divided into teams, each of which is given a list of instructions and a GPS unit, and sent to find certain locations. At each stop, they identify a particular building stone or a plant. -

Welcome to Planet Oit!part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples This is an online adventure game in which players prospect for minerals on a virtual geologically realistic world. -

Wheel of... Geology!part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples This quiz game is intended to help students review for an upcoming exam. Topics of questions are randomly determined by spinning a wheel. Teams answer questions using electronic CPS handhelds. -

Rock/Mineral Scavenger Huntpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples Take students into the field and give each team a list of rocks or mineral types you want found and brought back within the time limit. -

Subject: Geoscience:Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties

Stabilization Wedges Gamepart of Integrate:Workshops:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities Learning about complexities carbon stabilization firsthand with the Princeton University Carbon Mitigation Initiave's Sabilization Wedges Game

Energy Balance Gamepart of Integrate:Workshops:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities This online game activity introduces students to Earth's radiative energy balance. It also explores the use of a simple climate model in the attribution of climate change.